Six Supernatural Powers; 神通, 六通; Tibetan: མངོན་ཤེས (ngön-shay); Wylie: mngon shes ;
Six Supernatural Powers refer to extraordinary cognitive abilities that arise as a byproduct of deep meditative concentration. These powers are not the goal of Buddhist practice but can naturally emerge as the mind becomes purified and more subtle. The standard list includes six types, with the first five being worldly and the sixth being supramundane:
- Psychic Power: The ability to manifest various transformations, such as multiplying one’s body, passing through solid objects, or flying through the air.
- Divine Ear: The ability to hear sounds, both human and celestial, from far away or in other realms.
- Mind Reading: The ability to perceive the mental states and thoughts of other beings.
- Recollection of Past Lives: The ability to remember one’s own previous existences.
- Divine Eye: The ability to see beings and their rebirths according to their karma, as well as distant or subtle objects.
- Extinction of Outflows: The complete eradication of all mental defilements, which leads to liberation and is the only superknowledge unique to enlightened beings.
神通/六通 指修行者因深層禪定而自然顯現的超常感知與能力。這些能力並非佛教修行的究竟目標，而是在心識淨化過程中可能產生的附屬現象。神通共分為六種，前五種為共世間的外道亦可證得，第六種唯阿羅漢與佛獨有：
- 神足通： 能隨意變現身形，如分身無數、穿越山壁、騰空飛行等。
- 天耳通： 能聽聞遠處或他界眾生的聲音，不論是人間或天界的音聲皆能清晰了知。
- 他心通： 能洞悉他人心中所思所想，了知眾生的心念活動。
- 宿命通： 能憶念自身過去無量劫中的生死存亡與種種經歷。
- 天眼通： 能照見眾生隨著善惡業力流轉生死，以及遠近、粗細等一切事物。
- 漏盡通： 徹底斷盡一切煩惱與無明，獲得究竟解脫，此為聖者獨有的真實智慧。